The rest of the world doesn't tell time by semesters and quarter system, but we here living the life in College and University understand how it all works and especially in NCTTA.

28 different divisions; 6 Regionals and 1 National Championships is what is coming up for College Table Tennis!

Division Champions will be crowned, Singles will be played and winners will be had and the famed NCTTA post season will begin with 6 Regional tournaments happening between February 23rd and March 10th.

FIRST however are our Division tournaments starting as early as January 26th and going until mid February!

We have 150+ institutions of higher education competing in college table tennis. Our participation of women's teams has increased to 50+ schools, reflecting a steady increase in interest among female athletes. NCTTA continues to be the center point for Collegiate Table Tennis in the USA and Canada and will host regional events for qualifiers of division meets, as well as administering its own singles and doubles events.

Every organization requires financial stability to meet its goals, both long and short term. Each year our board of directors is challenged to find new and creative ways to meet these goals. All of our directors are volunteers and participate because of our love for the sports - we can really use all the financial help we get!

These funds will be used towards, but not limited to:

Scholarships

Division/Regional assistance

Equipment

Promotions

Team support

Organizational development

Not only will you help strengthen a developing sport, your donation is tax-deductible as well. We sincerely thank you in advance for all your support.

If you would like to help us reach our goal, you may:

Donate directly from your paycheck from work, check here to see if your company will match your donation!

Orlando, Florida at the 2018 USA Table Tennis US Open was the location for the most recent ISET College Table Tennis Coaching class. Alan Chu, Willy Leparulo and Logan Zimmerman were the class conductors. Zimmerman is a recent coaching class graduate and NCTTA Coaching Committee member, from Florida State University.

Thanks to ISET for their continued support of the program which serves to create more professional college table tennis coaches throughout the country. NCTTA's overall goal is to create more retention among schools and help create more scholarship programs. Thanks to Joola for use of their tables and to Gordon Kaye and Mark Thompson of USA Table Tennis for their incredible hospitality and assistance throughout.

Leparulo says, "Without their help we wouldn't be able to hold this class at the US Open. We are so fortunate to have such willing partners." The US Open featured some amazing competition, but beforehand there was this amazing class where a who's who of Florida's top College Table Tennis programs were in attendance from University of South Florida, University of Central Florida, Florida International University and Florida State University.

For 2018-19 season, the best price that Doublefish balls can be purchased through its US distributor is $110 for every 100 balls. This is an increase of 37.5% over previous years and this is after the negotiation by NCTTA representatives.

The purpose of this is to establish a new avenue for NCTTA member schools to purchase balls directly from Doublefish factory in China for a heavily discounted price.

The 2018-19 NCTTA season will be using the latest version of Doublefish V40+ balls.

These balls are different than the ones used in previous seasons and can be identified by the yellow star on the top left corner of the box with text ‘TEAM WORLD CUP 2018-2019’.

Price (including shipping)

Quantity

Destination

Price

600

USA

$US 260

1200

USA

$US 460

600

Canada

$US 280

1200

Canada

$US 500

*Duty/Customs: may potentially be charged to the recipient, especially given the capricious US/China economic relationship right now.

SHIPPING

Balls will be shipped directly from DF factory in Guangzhou and the estimated time to arrive in the US would be 1-2 weeks. It will be harder to pinpoint the exact delivery date since customs is an unpredictable factor.

Gordon Kaye and USA Table Tennis graciously have allowed NCTTA to set up shop in the very convention center where all the fun will begin that following week.

Come get your College Table Tennis Coaching certification! Previous classes were held at the University of Iowa and Zing Table Tennis Center. iSET is sponsoring these Coaching Certification classes, and material from this class is taken from the ITTF Coaching Manual as well. Those that complete the class can get a USA Table Tennis Club coaching certification as well as a NCTTA College Table Tennis Certification.

When: December 15th and 16th

Where: Orlando Convention Center where US Open of Table Tennis is to be played

I’m Karin Fukushima from Brazil and played for Lindenwood University from 2010 to 2013. Today, after 5 years, I am in Brazil again and working as a Senior Consultant in the Analytics practice at Deloitte.

What do you most enjoy about your profession?

I love being a consultant because you never stop learning! Every project is something new, it feels like it is a new job everytime. You get to know important people in big multinational companies and your network keeps growing all the time! Besides that, you get the chance to work abroad and have new experiences.

What else are you up to?

About tt, I was playing until last year. But since this year I decided to focus in my career, I decided to play it just for fun.
Other than that, something that I am trying to do is to go to the US every year to visit the friends I made throughout the years, and I’m very glad I could do it in these last five years.

Any wise words for the current crop of college athletes?
Enjoy each moment! College life is awesome and for sure you will take with you all experiences and friends. It’s gonna be really fun when you get together after a few years and laugh about college stories!

Favorite NCTTA memory?
Hmmm.. this shouldnt be my favorite but it is a funny story! There was this time that I was playing a match and it was broadcasting online! And during the match I sad a few bad words in portuguese! And for me it was not a big deal because not many people would understand! Buuut after the match, Willy came to me and said: “Karin, you should watch your mouth, I understood every word you said! But the amount of comments during the match was fantastic because everybody who was watching was asking what those words meant! So, thats ok! I can forgive you!”

So, if you are an international student/player, dont say bad words, Willy can understand you! Haha!

But for sure, my best memories are the dinners after the tournament, the little parties that we had in someone’s room, the team spirit during the nationals and for sure the friends that I made.